Jurassic World shattered box office records across the globe and has been followed up by action/horror sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. But what happened to the stars of the movie that kick-started it all? Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic Jurassic Park was flawlessly cast, mixing well-known stars and fresh faces in a perfect blockbuster thrill-ride.

With the Jurassic World films overhauling their cast entirely (only a couple remain from the original), we take a look back to find out what the stars of Jurassic Park are doing now...

Sam Neill

Already a well-known star when he appeared in Jurassic Park, Neill won himself a fresh fanbase playing Alan Grant, a palaeontologist invited to see John Hammond's breathtaking park up close.

A one-time contender to play James Bond, Neill's early credits include espionage series Reilly: Ace of Spies, Dead Calm and The Hunt for Red October. In the years after Jurassic Park he notched up roles in Event Horizon, The Tudors and Peaky Blinders. He also returned to the Jurassic Park franchise when he reprised his role as Grant in 2001's Jurassic Park III.

Laura Dern

A David Lynch favourite, Dern had already starred in the director's cult films Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart when she won the role of Dr Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park.

A year previously she bagged her first Oscar nomination for Rambling Rose, and in the post-dinosaur years Dern starred in Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World, October Sky and the stunning Lynch reunion Inland Empire. More recently Dern has been on mum duties; to Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars and Reese Witherspoon in Wild (which bagged her a second Oscar nomination), before reuniting with David Lynch in Twin Peaks: The Return and heading up the resistance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Jeff Goldblum

Smooth-talking chaos theorist Ian Malcolm was played by the legendary Jeff Goldblum, well-versed in all things monster movie thanks to his role in David Cronenberg's The Fly.

A Hollywood mainstay, Goldblum has ascended to the status of international treasure thanks to his memorable supporting turns in a host of great movies. Recommended viewing: Wes Anderson films Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs, as well as indie films Le Week-End and Igby Goes Down.

Goldblum followed up Jurassic Park with another huge blockbuster smash – Independence Day – and a role in sequel The Lost World in 1997, and has returned to the dino-tastic franchise with a small role in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. That blockbuster work has also seen him join the MCU as the Grandmaster – first uncredited in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and then fully in Thor: Ragnarok.

Joseph Mazzello

Wide-eyed Tim Murphy struck a chord with younger viewers of Jurassic Park, being simultaneously wowed and terrified by the beasts that roamed John Hammond's park.

Joseph Mazzello played Tim again briefly in The Lost World, and his transition out of child stardom has been relatively smooth with impressive supporting turns in The Social Networkand the Spielberg-produced TV show The Pacific. More recently Mazzello has appeared in TV series Person of Interest and Elementary, entertained us on Twitter thanks to his Good Morning America woes, and will be seen in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Though a prolific child actress, Richards largely moved away from the profession in the years after appearing in a cameo in The Lost World, aside from roles in direct-to-video movie Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) and Battledogs (2013). She's now a successful painter living in Salem, Oregon and you can view her work at website Gallery Ariana.

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Samuel L Jackson

Now a beloved A-lister, Jackson played Jurassic Park's chief engineer Ray Arnold a year before he hit the big time with Pulp Fiction. Since then he has starred in Quentin Tarantino flicks Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol 2 and Django Unchained, as well as cult B-movie Snakes on a Plane and spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Wayne Knight

Newman! Pre-Jurassic Park, Wayne Knight was most famous for playing Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom nemesis and a cop who gets hot under the collar during Sharon Stone's iconic leg-cross scene in Basic Instinct.

After his memorable turn as turncoat tech architect Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, he continued to make Seinfeld's life hell and appeared in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Hot in Cleveland and Torchwood. Recently he's been a lead in Emmy-nominated sitcom The Exes and appeared in Coen Brothers movie Hail, Caesar!

BD Wong

One of the returning cast members from the original Jurassic Park, BD Wong played Dr Henry Wu, a scientist keen to push the boundaries of genetics and play God with dinosaurs. Wu never took Ian Malcolm's warning to heart, and even after being promoted to chief geneticist for Jurassic World he's still dangerously meddling with nature, reprising his role in Fallen Kingdom.

Wong's non-Jurassic roles include Law & Order, The Normal Heart, The X-Files and the Father of the Bride films. He also plays supervillain Hugo Strange in the TV series Gotham.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Can you believe it? The T-rex (known as Rexy) featured in the breathtaking climax of Jurassic World is the same one seen in Jurassic Park. All these years later, and Rexy is still going strong, although a little more battle-scarred after the events of the first park malfunction.

Warning: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom spoilers follow...

The last two decades have seen Rexy roam Isla Nublar before losing her star attraction status thanks to the Indominus Rex. She's since been rescued from the volcanic destruction of Isla Nublar and the ending of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom means her story isn't finished yet.